| Show SOME THINGS YOU PERHAPS DID NOT KNOW I historical hl legend 1 is h A connected with lh Shetland Sh tand wool wol Over 30 0 years ago a manof man war Mt 1 belonging to 10 the th Spanish Armada was 1 wrecked on one oe of or the iii bl islands bland antIs ands The sailors who od taught the I h natives native to make brilliant dyes dol from roots rooms which they th found resembling those thole used for tor like in Spain Spin Those Tho 1 persons who wh now no 1 wear bright Ph knit comforters Are Arc lre wearing mementoes of or the In Iti Invincible 11 Armada A K MII serl H has hu been blen known to remain un under UI under der water nater 26 minutes cloth loth In hi I now o being bell successfully made from rum wood Stripe of or 1 od odare are ar and arid crushed between t rollers and the Ih filaments filament are ae spun Into threads from which cloth can be woven on In the urual way In the he state Itne of o Nevada ellla the telegraph M I in damp have taken aken rix rot root i and Th The Thet They y ale aie cottonwood t 01 wo and planted With the hark upon UPI them In lii seine Mine Mie purls parts tl of or Jay Java JUt too a n native tree Is I used 18 for foe fo the poles pl and this thu a al alc If takes rt root there thereby thee theeb thereby by b resisting the attacks of o the white ants anti or the tho Inroads ot or natural decay ly liy 1 a 1 Mm pie rule rull the length of ot the thed day d 1 antI and night nt at II any time of the year may ria R I it ascertained Iy fly J doubling the theline time line of o the tle ti sun un s rising n the Ih length u o uthe of the night Is III obtained and In by b doubling the tha time line of or the setting the length of at the Ibe toy day fy it is given There ore r n are r several trees treen and Ald plants In Inthe Inthe the world 11 whose O berries Juice Juk or l ark lark arka can a b I be used uH as 1 real soap r In the West WlL est Indian Inin Islands Inlands lInds avid and an In South America merle grows 11 a I tree te whee hu h e fruit fit It makes an In fx cx reheat lather bather and anti Is II used N f ter for ir washing Time bark balk of or a tree which hl h prows grows In Peru Per and M of or another which grows Irol In the iho Malay islands yields JI a aHue tiMe Hue soap 1 The ht steelIest t coin 10 aaa tl current In Eu Ku KuTOK EutoN toN TOK la Ii the Greek Creek Ilk Upton U It ti is worth of oC a t p penny Inny In Its J many rn of or Switzerland the gov gor gO Imet buries brt the dead supplying not cof coffin rr fin lii 01 and all undertaker free of or charge sheep shee are arl us l 1 as beasts utI of o burden In some come of or the higher ranges 11 of or orI the I t Himalayan Bach Enel Rh animals carries tt tam tm m I iT Ii to tn X pounds or of baggage t and an entirely on wayside herbage The hl gray eye Ie Is Ii an In almost universal characteristic of t people I of o treat great In lark eyes e indicate an ardent temper while lightblue l P 1 M which are aref f Oo chiefly Rial among amonI the S a cheerful disposition dh lon AM a aad a nature astuTe lure as a a city ct elt owns 01 property w rth ka Ho OO and allt 6 arN cr of o ork rk Few Pevi P hours boors huri bird han exhausts exhaust ehaust lae hie ual be tissues labor laborIn as All mach math a is 10 hours beurs hur man manual mn In hI un Capt pt Rest Best n it I pet IH fought the tie whole ole Portuguese p Ik and ld nd defeated It I Mr r W nf once ce in II a cricket match at Harrow lr bk with right and left lef ann arm alternately In the til Ashanti war wa of or 1174 ni practically prat cally cal the whole whale wh e of oC the British trans transport transport port rrt wo was performed by br native women One On reason hy by by b IUn has hu hero been M an 1 Is th that t they intermarry with the natives Promotion used af to be most rapid in inthe Inthe the J army but bt today a man mana 0 own stands tan a I belter bolter bUn chance of ot rising in oui oum The TI last laM 1 time 11 that a a Jury Jur was a fined n for tor rendering a t to 10 the will I of or the court wag wai 1 In In the th little town lo of o In III there exists one ne of or the most mot curious charitable foundations foundation foun atlon In the f em Se hel Venner lied died td In n 1451 and l In ft t this his hll fortune for tor the establishment of or a II ahome ahome home for aged 11 poor for He lie attached however the condition that thaI every old milan who ho was taken in should wear t his hll beard belM and the seine same 1811 cut rut of ot clothes cothes and Ind rap cap lal as 11 he himself used u ed to 10 wear Consequently after ater the lapse of or years the us ancient pensioners are re still tl to be le seen IHn wandering about the th streets of or In the costumes of o tho the fifteenth century Every Tibetan family Is compelled led to 10 devote Its It firstborn male mal child to ton ton toa n a monastic lona lk life Ir Soon Hoon after birth the tho thO child Is II taken IRIn to a II monastery to be henceforth brought up and d train trained trained ed In priestly mysteries Telegraph poles ples are not nt popular with wih tIme the th Chinese This Thill Is III because the CelM Celes IsIs tall will wi not nt allow a 10 a 1 shadow to fall fallon on Oh 01 the graves grates Itt of o their ancestors which are arc t scattered thickly over the whole country Consequently CO lent telegraph wires Iru are lre laid underground III In the tho island of Stork Stark tho the mo most t serious trOU offenses offense are ae and Ind leaving gates unlocked for tor the Ih result Is 1 that thai often the cuttle cottle ie get Ie on to 10 th II the cuffs cliffs and fall rai Into the time sea sen ea There her are Me 40 Inhabitants n and one prison hut but It 1 has IMS hi only hal hail one prisoner n a R small mAI girl who ho hal had stolen a 1 handkerchief and she he sobbed so eo loudly loudl that they tnt Itt let lether her hII out It takes an nn eyelash 20 0 weeks tM to reach H M 1 of o halt half hl an In Inch Inc and ad then its Ill life re II Is from mm 10 to lW days dA Hy Ily 11 Inan has hall of or A camera the wink IllIk of or an eyelid Least been measured and It wis WU found that twenty winks tan can be made In four see sec seconds ends The Colorado fox runs rN faster than any In other animal AnimAl anti and the cheetah or hunting leopard holds hold second I a ce Within I miles of or Cross OOM CM are fM 60 miles of ot railway with ih ill t 0 stations These carry ArTy 1 C passengers f daily liU The Die worst hours hour of or I London winter fog fF are 9 to 10 1030 10 In the morning No doubt this th Is cu 1 by I the tho Ib lighting of thou thousands thu thui thousands i sands of or onre fires Wearers of ot eyeglasses have noticed how ho they become ml dim when subjected to 10 A ft sudden change of or temperature as AF tor or Instance when the wearer goes from lh li the roM outer air Into Inlo a I warm lIn room rm This Thil may many be Ic prevented by b rub rut tug bins 1111 the glasses glass with soap lop every morn mom momIr Ir They Tl may Ila be bl polished bright af after r ter tr the snap nI Is II applied but Iut an In invisible film fm Is III left lef fn on n thAn that thaI will 11 prevent the deposit 1 f or of f moisture In fn the Ihl Jewel jl house 1 of or the Tower Toner tit of f fIhnn I n there IB is II a hook book bk bound through throughout h out Alit In told gold o even to 10 the tho th wires wll of or the Its two to rubles rubies set hinges 18 di 11 are la at AL opposite ends of or four tour golden links A pretty Ill little Is I observed In hI Inthe hIth Inthe the th English navy n whenever hn an In officer omner om r Kt gets married Two Tn wreaths are RN hoisted In it the Ua most molt Iol conspicuous 1 manner and Interlocked with wih them and II harming hanging from Cr them Ire are colored clorN ribbons These Thee hung 1 from roam S I n a m in m till 11 sunset on the wedding day da The Te cost It of or the th wreaths II It generally subscribed by bT the officers shipmates t cc The Tho new Trent French h KInch gun Jn Is claimed to have bae the greatest penetrative the live power of or any an gun yet y tl made It I I pierces at the Ihl muzzle 4 Inches of ot or lOVi 10 inches of ot Krupp i steel at I t three and a 1 half hair miles In the time of or Queen Elizabeth a R I parliamentary rule nile enacted that a speech on one olle side Ilde should always ala bo be followed by 11 tt a 1 speech plech on the tt other The Te oyster o Is II not nol much larger that thaI the I head bead of or a pin when a 1 fortnight old oil At Al Atthe Althe Atthe the end Ind of or four tour years MI growth It Is I fit ft for tor the market Oysters live hc from front U 13 Uto 1 i to IS 15 1 YOM years I |
